2027 AFC U-17 Asian Cup
International football competition
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The 2027 AFC U-17 Asian Cup was the 22nd edition of the AFC U-17 Asian Cup (including previous editions of the AFC U-17 Championship and AFC U-16 Championship), the annual international youth association football championship organised by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) for the men's under-17 national teams of Asia. It was originally intended to be the third of four consecutive U-17 Asian Cups held in Saudi Arabia from 2025 to 2028. However, on July 30, 2026, AFC announced that the hosting rights have been transferred to Uzbekistan, and Saudi Arabia will be compensated by hosting the 2029 edition.[1]
| Tournament details | |
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| Host country | Uzbekistan |
| Dates | 12–29 May 2027 |
| Teams | (from 1 confederation) |
← 2026 2028 → | |
The top eight teams of the tournament qualified for the 2027 FIFA U-17 World Cup in Qatar as the AFC representatives. Japan were the defending champions, having won their fifth title in 2026.
Qualification
The host country of the 2027 FIFA U-17 World Cup (Qatar) and the top eight teams of the 2026 U-17 Asian Cup (including hosts Uzbekistan) qualified automatically, while the other seven teams were decided by qualification. There was one round of qualification matches, which was held between 8-20 November, 2026.
Qualified teams
The following teams qualified for the tournament.
| Team | Qualification method | Date of qualification | Appearance(s) | Previous best performance[a] | ||
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| Total | First | Last | ||||
 Uzbekistan |
Hosts | 30 July 2026 | 13th | 1994 | 2026 | Champions (2012, 2025) |
| AFC teams at the 2026 FIFA U-17 World Cup |
10 May 2026 | |||||
 Australia |
10th | 2008 | Semi-finalists (2010, 2014, 2018, 2026) | |||
 Saudi Arabia |
9 May 2026 | 14th | 1985 | Champions (1985, 1988) | ||
 Tajikistan |
7th | 2006 | Runners-up (2018) | |||
 Japan |
12 May 2026 | 19th | 1985 | Champions (1994, 2006, 2018, 2023, 2026) | ||
 China |
18th | 1985 | Champions (1992, 2004) | |||
 Vietnam |
13 May 2026 | 11th | 2000 | Fourth place (2000) | ||
 South Korea |
18th | 1986 | Champions (1986, 2002) | |||
 Qatar |
14 May 2026 | 13th | 1985 | Champions (1990) | ||
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Group A winners | |||||
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Group B winners | |||||
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Group C winners | |||||
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Group D winners | |||||
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Group E winners | |||||
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Group F winners | |||||
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Group G winners | |||||
- Bold text indicates they hosted that edition.
Venues
To be confirmed.
Draw
TBD
Match officials
Match officials list Will be published soon.
Squads
Players born between 1 January 2010 and 31 December 2012 were eligible to compete in the tournament. Each team had to register a squad of minimum 18 players and maximum 23 players, minimum three of whom must have been goalkeepers (Regulations Articles 21.3).
Group stage
The group winners and runners-up advanced to the quarter-finals and qualified for both the 2027 FIFA U-17 World Cup and the 2028 AFC U-17 Asian Cup. Had Qatar (who automatically qualified for the 2027 FIFA U-17 World Cup as hosts) advanced to the quarter-finals, the best third-placed team would have also qualified for the FIFA U-17 World Cup.[2]
- Tiebreakers
Teams were ranked according to points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss), and if tied on points, the following tie-breaking criteria were applied, in the order given, to determine the rankings:[3]: Art. 7.2
- Points in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
- Goal difference in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
- Goals scored in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
- If more than two teams were tied, and after applying all head-to-head criteria above, a subset of teams were still tied, all head-to-head criteria above were reapplied exclusively to this subset of teams;
- Goal difference in all group matches;
- Goals scored in all group matches;
- Penalty shoot-out if only two teams were tied and they met in the last round of the group;
- Disciplinary points (yellow card = 1 point, red card as a result of two yellow cards = 3 points, direct red card = 3 points, yellow card followed by direct red card = 4 points);
- Drawing of lots.
All times are local, UZT (UTC+5).
Group A
TBD
Group B
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Group C
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Group D
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Knockout stage
In the knockout stage, no extra time is played and a penalty shoot-out is used to decide the winners if necessary.[3]
Bracket
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Quarter-finals
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Semi-finals
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Final
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Awards
The following awards were given at the conclusion of the tournament:
| Top goalscorer | Most Valuable Player | Best Goalkeeper | Fair Play award |
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Goalscorers
TBA
Qualified teams for FIFA U-17 World Cup
The following nine teams from AFC qualified for the 2027 FIFA U-17 World Cup in Qatar; Qatar automatically qualified as the hosts.
- 1 Bold indicates champions for that year. Italic indicates hosts for that year.